Features of Patient-Centered Primary Care and the Use of Ambulatory Care.

ABSTRACT: This study explores the association between patients' use of ambulatory care resources and features of patient-centered primary care (PCPC), specifically clinic-level National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognition of PCPC, continuity of care, and care team communication. Data for this study were compiled from the electronic health records of a large multispecialty group practice in California, covering the period between 2009 and 2010 for 37,042 nonelderly patients under capitated managed care plans. Regression analysis of these data was performed using a generalized linear model, comparing measures of patient-level annual resource use (in total relative value units [tRVUs]) against measures of both clinic- and patient-level PCPC, and patient-level risk (eg, age, comorbidities

SUBMITTER: Wong P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9359050 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature